[Hiring] Contract Recruiter / Talent Acquisition @KH Aerospace

Role Description

This is a hands-on recruiting role for someone who knows how to find, engage, and close high-quality talent in specialized markets. You will partner closely with hiring managers, run efficient and thoughtful searches, and help create a strong candidate experience from first outreach through offer.

This role is ideal for a recruiter who is proactive, organized, resourceful, and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where speed and quality both matter.

What You’ll Do

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for a variety of technical, operational, and business roles
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, define candidate profiles, and launch effective searches
• Develop creative sourcing strategies to identify and engage hard-to-find talent
• Screen candidates for skills, experience, motivation, and overall fit
• Coordinate and help manage interview processes to keep searches moving efficiently
• Present qualified candidates with clear, thoughtful recommendations
• Maintain an excellent candidate experience through timely communication and follow-up
• Track pipeline activity, candidate status, and search progress in the applicant tracking system
• Help improve recruiting workflows, job postings, and hiring process consistency
• Support offer-stage coordination and closing efforts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in full-cycle recruiting
• Experience recruiting for technical, specialized, or hard-to-fill roles
• Strong sourcing skills and the ability to proactively build candidate pipelines
• Strong screening and assessment skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• High level of organization, responsiveness, and follow-through
• Ability to manage multiple searches in a part-time capacity
• Comfort working in a growing, evolving environment
• Availability during Pacific Time Zone business hours

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting for aerospace, defense, autonomy, robotics, embedded systems, or other deep-tech environments
• Experience supporting defense contractors or companies serving government or national security customers
• Familiarity with recruiting candidates who hold or are eligible for security clearances
• Experience working in startup or scale-up environments
• Experience using Greenhouse ATS

Benefits

This is an opportunity to help build the team behind meaningful, mission-driven technology. You will play a key role in helping Kraus Hamdani Aerospace hire the people needed to advance critical capabilities in autonomy, communications, and aerospace innovation.

Apply

Please submit your resume and a brief note highlighting your experience recruiting for technical or specialized roles by visiting Careers on https://www.khaero.com/

EEO Statement

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, handicap, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.